Traditional culture clashes with latter-day norms during preparations for an arranged Indian marriage.

ABSTRACTIndian-born Hermant Rai, living in Houston, readies himself for an arranged marriage to Aditi Verma of Delhi. The ceremony is arranged by overbearing Verma family patriarch Lalit, who desires to see his daughter marry his hand-picked suitor despite only knowing him for a few weeks; further complications arise with each member of the Verma camp's concerns and the family maid's burgeoning romance with their hired "wedding contractor", as old ways clash with the realities of modern society.

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CAST

Naseeruddin Shah

... Lalit Verma

Lillete Dubey

... Pimmi Verma

Shefali Shetty

... Ria Verma

Vijay Raaz

... P. K. Dube

Tillotama Shome

... Alice

Vasundhara Das

... Aditi Verma

Parvin Dabas

... Hemant Rai

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

... C. L. Chadha

Kamini Khanna

... Shashi Chadha

Rajat Kapoor

... Tej Puri

Neha Dubey

... Ayesha Verma

Kemaya Kidwai

... Aliya Verma

Ishaan Nair

... Varun Verma

Randeep Hooda

... Rahul Chadha

and

Roshan Seth

... Mohan Rai

Soni Razdan

... Saroj Rai

Sameer Arya

... Vikram Mehta

Rahul Vohra

... Uday Verma

Natasha Rastogi

... Sona Verma

Vimla Bhushan

... Veena Verma

Ira Pandey

... Vijaya Puri

Dibyendu Bhattacharya

... Lottery

Deepak Kumar Bandhu

... Tameez-Ud-Din

Pankaj Jha

... Yadav

Mohini Mathur

... Old Mother

Sharda Desohras

... P. K.Dubey's Mother

Rumaan Kidwai

... Jibesh

Sahira Nair

... Vandana

Urvashi Nair

... Leena

Ram Kapur

... Shelly

Jas Arora

... Umang Chadha

Rajiv Gupta

... Cop 1

Shubro Bhattacharya

... Cop 2

Rajeev Suri

... Golfer

Vikram Nair

... Golfer

Rajeev Bal

... Golfer

Raman Chawla

... Talk Show Panelist #1

Milan Moudgill

... Talk Show Panelist #2

Himani Dehlvi

... Talk Show Panelist #3

Nishi Singh Bhadli

... Dubbist

Neelu Khanna

... Talk Show Assistant

Motilal Khare

... Saree Salesman

Paritosh Sand

... Jai Chand

Ambar B. Capoor

... Photographer

Renuka

... Woman in the Rain

Inderjit B.

... Foxtrotting Couple

Reena Singh

... Foxtrotting Couple

Madan Bala Sindhu

... Featured Punjabi Singer

Rekha

... Featured Solo Singer

Nilambari Chintamani

... Tuppa Girl

Gita Chopra

... Tuppa Girl

Priya Chopra

... Tuppa Girl

Sabrina Dhawan

... Tuppa Girl

Rimlu Gyani

... Tuppa Girl

Mitva Krishen

... Tuppa Girl

Jyotsana Laroiya

... Tuppa Girl

Lavanya Prabhu

... Tuppa Girl

Veetu Mehta

... Tuppa Girl

Aparna Sarin

... Tuppa Girl

Chitvan Singh

... Tuppa Girl

Sonali Singh

... Tuppa Girl

REVIEWS

Review by Michael Lesch (posted on 10-Jul-2009)

Mira Nair's excellent and very original "Monsoon Wedding" was an absolute triumph for this viewer. I was extremely impressed by the multiple sub-plots which were written as simple stories yet packed a wallop when meshed into the rewarding finale. This served as a somewhat naive introduction to modern Indian culture via cinema but followed the dual language dialog with subtitles (of note were a little shabby) and enjoyed this zesty celebration of life and love. Very funny moments coupled cleverly with extremely serious matters in other quite delicate/risqué scenes - really captured the duality method of storytelling this most welcome to see in realistic comedy/dramas. My only reservation, albeit a slight one, was with some of the actors performances which weak and almost amateurish. Not in the case to of the key/lead roles but some of the supporting/minor characters. Otherwise a sweet and tremendous film experience!

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